The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it is making $27.7 million in grants available through the Rural ...

Maria Sykes, Epicenter Executive Director, in front of the neon welcome sign by artist Lisa Ward. (Photo by Danny Baxter) Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email ...

Rural community development encompasses a broad spectrum of policies, practices and research devoted to improving the quality of life and resilience of populations living outside major urban centres.

The Community Development Innovation Review (formerly known as the Community Development Investment Review) was in production from 2005-2021 and focused on bridging the gap between theory and practice ...

Proposed Rural Community Health Improvement Systems would provide a broad, cross-sectoral framework to address the health needs of underserved rural Americans. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)— Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s (LEO) Office of Rural Prosperity have announced the recipients of $1.3M in Rural Readiness ...

Starting, growing, and strengthening a small business in a rural community comes with many unique challenges, but there are ...

In late September, the San Francisco Fed partnered with the Idaho Department of Commerce, Idaho Rural Partnership, the Idaho Hispanic Foundation, and USDA Rural Development Idaho to host the Idaho ...

How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

AMES, Iowa — During Orange City’s three-day tulip festival each May, the northwest Iowa town attracts roughly 40,000 visitors, more than six times its population. People come for the blooms and ...

USDA Rural Development and Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation are investing $389,000 to help the Total Community Berea Fire Department buy a new firetruck.